Picture hanger



P. G. UNDERWOOD PICTURE HANGER Dec. 25, 1923.

Filed July 17. 1922 America, residing at Philadelphia and State of Pennhave invented new and useful limpanying "drawings,

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ELPHICA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T GRAFF- MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 91E PICTURE HANGER.

Application died July 17, 1922. Serial N0. 575,456.

at I, PERCIVAL Gr. UNDER- of the United States of Philadelphia, in the provements in Picture Hangers, of which the following is a This invention fastenings for frames or the wherein the hanger proper-e suitable hook has or light nail with to be driven into ward angle. Hangers of this tofore commonly made havebeen the objection that edly and securely proper and is hence apt to One object of the to provide a hanger of the kind stated placed. tion is wherein the nail o specification.

relates to hangers or wall the suspension of picture like on a wall, of the type nipped with a associated t erewith a pin such pin ornail held so as the wall at an acute downkind as here subject to the pin or nail is not fixassembled with the hanger belost or mispresent invenr pin is assembled with the hook member or hanger proper in. the course of manufacture i n a manner so that it is held against casual dislodgment and always in readiness for u provide a simple,

se. A further object is to strong and reliable hanger that is comparatively inexpensive to manufacture. The foregoing and other obj ects and advanta' es of the invention will more fully appear rom the following detailed description taken in' connection with the accomtures of ap ended claims.

and the distinctive feabe pointed out in the ferring to the drawings:

Pi l is a side bodylng the Pig. 2 is a elevatmnof a hanger eminvention; front view thereof;

- Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section; and

Pig.

4: is a perspective view of the hanger.

indicates the hanger proper equipped vat its lower portion with 11, this being produced of of fairly stifi sheet metal.

in or light nail P the a suitable hook a narrow strip 12 indicates a which is permanently ashanger asnow to be described. For this purpose the hanger stri 10 is provided some dlstance above the hoo with a hole 13 therethrough largga enough to permit the pin 12 to be inserted t 1e as shown. A small dishole the strip is bent as at an acute an tanoe above this erethrough claim as new and indicated at It so as to extend a small distance in. approximate parallelism with the pin as this assembled at an acute angle with thefihanger. Thence the strip is bent downward at an acute an le to approximate parallelism with the b0 y portion thereof as indicated at 15 and this portion is also provided with a hole 16 of a dimension to ermit the pin to be passed therethrough w en disposed at such acute angle and when passing also through the hole 13. Thence the end'porti'on of the strip is bent inward as indicated at 17 and a tongue 18 at the extremity thereof is pressed into the lower portion of the hole 13 below the pin 12 and so as to press thereagainst. This results in a binding grip upon the pin exerted by the opposite edges of the hole 16 and by the upper edge of the hole 13 as well as by the tongue 18, which is pressed or crimped in against the pin and so as to be caught by the lower wall of the hole 13 as indicated at 13. In this way the pin is securely held assembled with the hanger so that as supplied for use, the hanger with the pin is a complete unit always ready for use without requiring the user to take the time and care of assembling the hanger with the pin and keepin them assembled when the nail is being riven into the wall. The pin however is not held or gripped so strongly to the strip or body of the hanger as to prevent it from being pressed therethrough when such manipu atlon is re uired as in afiixing the hanger to a wall. urther the bending and crimping of the upper end portion of the stri around the outer ortion of the pin sti one and reinforces t e .pin so that it is less liable to bend or cause trouble in pressing or driving the same into a wall. I am aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had'to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is: p I

1. A hanger comprising a body equipped with a hook and with its upper portion eon- 'stitutin a nail-hol head and bent first diagoiia ly outward t on downward and finall inward, with two nail-receiving holes at di erent elevations in said head, the upper one of said holes being in the outer bent-' down portion of tHe head and the lowerhole being in the inner vertical body portion below said diagonal outward bend, and with theextremity of the bent portion in position to press frietionally upon the nail at the locality of the lower and inner one of said holes. w

2. A hanger comprising a body of strip material equipped with a hook and with its upper portion bent to constitute a nail- "reeeiving head with nail-receiving holes je ted v hole being in the inner vertical body poremail therein at di fierent elevations, the upper one of said holes being in an outwardly proportion of said head, and the lower In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Y PERCIVAL G, UNnEnwoon; Witnesses FA). Hnmzr C. 'lnomson. 

